New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-01-09
SUNDAY EDITION.
JAN. 9, 1887.
TOPICS IN PARIS.
MEkLATTrs FAST-CLsMENCEAU ExPECTs
WAR WITH GERMANY

rASI-CLSMENCEAU EXPECTS
WAR WITH GERMANY
"AoA InS REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF Tn, rmsuxuJ
PARIS. Dec IL.
herlattfs fast has como to an end Il WA h..
gun In the interest Of SCIENCE but it ended opeulv
IN the interest of q speculator behind the Young
Italian artist. who, when public curiosity was we'll
excited, turued him iuto a show and made consid,
cradle merchandise Of tickets for raes for his
picture and the sale Of Photographic ikenes,as Of
the fasting man. As Rochefort said TO me- How
prove the fast was absolute The Waterman who
accompanied Nerlatti with orders not to let him
eat anything was generally q waiter of the Grand
i'otei' and waters great principle. az we all
KNOW Is TO obtain as much money in the sha,e
OF tips as he can" Another Waterman was
the gentleman who sold the tickets for the rofle
and the photographs and who intends to make a
tour with Merlatti round the world When was
at the Grand Hotel to see this mctcorc celebrity.
o1ten ieft him IN the room alone with lady She
Was Jewess, aud fair. fresh, and should say
ABOUT thirty. What was to prevent her snug.
R'ing MN io0dI As know, those who wedt In were
not searched Rochefort hints that wet-nurse
was Also from time to time in attendance There
was certainly one kept in reserve to minister to his
wants in case he broke down before the end OF fty
days. UnquestionabIy he tasted good DEAL and
succeeded in becoming very thin. But on tho
thlrtleth day the committee, made M
OF doctors, began to see the commercial
cIoven foot. and suspecting q hoax broke
up The dinner was master stroke Of
business. 1t was Just what the Grand Hotel
usually furnishes at 81 20 a head. But because
Meriatti sat at table it was brought up to 81.
outs we're busy the guests went in and ont pos
tering them with photograph, aud tickets for tho
rattle. The photOQrap hs sold for e,ghty cents
each Van du Bosch over the way made them for
81 20 dozen. The crowd whic1 daily paid forty
rents each 10 see Merlatti was enormous He had
the Inck to 90 through his fast when there was
nothing on In Paris The Grand Hotel being now
much more central, easy Of access and public than
the Rue Lepelletier where Succi has set up a.
fasting man, all the tide flowed to toe for ner place
and the Italian doctor found himself no
where. II has gained nothing by tho
fasting persons, the "Mauvais ricbes.' the class Of
whom Dives was tvpe. will be- able with
good conscience suppOsing they believe that Mer-
latI and Succi have not been trying to hoax rs to
steel their hearts and keep their purses closed
Whenever a cry offamne arises in town or country.
Clemenceau has gone to Vienna to witness next
Sunday the nuptals of his brother Paul. young
engineer VIII ,, Ia a donble sense. nav b. quadedas
civil. Ipitv a man who has in this weather and in
the uncomfortable rail way of Eurooe tn from
Paris to the Austrian capital and should not wonder
If the train in which the brilliant French orator
IA making his journey were to be snow-bound. Be-
fore Clemencean started dIned with him aud his
brother at Brebants restaurant. He was noe in his
wonted spirits and spoke with anxiety Of the for
eign outlook Of his country. At Vienna he is tn
Hungarian and Austrian statesmen. Bnt he is not
yet ripe 10 he conrted by the lm,eraI 70 nily.
Clemenceau fears that Bis narck intends to attack
H. hal xaAt.n 10
effect from Austria aud B'rlln independently Of
what NJ. dc Frevcinet ut different times told him
inst before be resigned. Cenencean does not think
Germany Is at all likely to crush France. He
fores es that resistance will be OF the most
passion ate character. But what he fears is the fur
Their weight Of debt, and the dangr Of the civil
GovornWent being swept away bv any general who
nj hit come out VIGOROUSLY in war OF NATIONAL
defence. He does not think that Germiny has
single reilable ally II she WINS all snrooe will be
at her feet l3uf IL she Oses she Will descend from
tho military rank she now occupies. and may as
cend % higher moral situation than she ever pre-.
CASTELAR,. in talking with me when he
saoa SAID q, tss ,, SSss
were there another Qrand military sncceM
lie knows Germany very we'll AMI SAYS that Prus-
sa is snnfiug ont The intellectual ;ht OF that
ton. Whenever no visits any OF the small Ger
man capitals university towns be Is stIuck with
the decadeuce which has been stead going on for
twenty years. !. a.. since SauOWa. Spain WOuiu
have nenaced France if the latter Power d gone
to war with Germany IN King AlfOnsos time. But
under her present. government she Will Try to pre-
serve the frendllest reat ions vii h the French Re-
public and 10 give her moral support under al cir.
cUmstances.
General Boulanger thinks that II there
~ wa between France and Germany
Belgium will be again cockpit for contendng
armies. The Germans cannot RAPIDLY tins time
enter France from the east. unless by Swtzsrland.
Iheir obvious road Is through Beiali %, wlicl -
beng fortified with view ~ facilitate Ger nan
march Oh Pans. Presum ,blv pact nas been en-
tered INTO between KIug LeODO ald BIS narcS, IN
virtue of wncl the former would sink INTO no
20 ition of brilliant satelh'e Of the Germai 4 n
peror. This would be better tlan u 10 diSas:a0-
iished by tina de Il Icr ltj of Liext and Brn ,sela